Posts Tagged ‘ fluoride ’

The Vitamin that is Better than Fluoride in Reducing Cavities

By Dr. Mercola October 24, 2011 Studies have linked geographical variations in dental health and tooth loss to sun exposure. Dental caries has been shown to be inversely related to mean hours of sunlight per year, with people living in the sunny west having half as many cavities as those in the much less sunny […]

FDA: Fluoride Supplements Never Found Safe or Effective

New York – July 25, 2011 — Sodium fluoride supplements “have not been found by FDA to be safe or effective,” according to the US National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) website, reports the New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc. (NYSCOF) Routinely prescribed to children in non-water-fluoridated communities, sometimes even in fluoridated areas, sodium […]

CDC and ADA Now Advise to Avoid Using Fluoride

Posted By Dr. Mercola – November 13, 2010 A new study in the Journal of the American Dental Association finds once again that, contrary to what most people have been told, fluoride is actually bad for teeth. Exposure to high levels of fluoride results in a condition known as fluorosis, in which tooth enamel becomes […]

FAN-Australia Drops a Bombshell on Water Fluoridation

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Media Release: Brisbane, Australia 4th April  2011 Merilyn Haines, the director of the newly formed group FAN-Australia (Fluoride Action Network Australia), has found some startling statistics buried deep in official research material by ARCPOH (The Australian Research Centre Population Oral Health at the Adelaide Dental School) that could scuttle the water fluoridation program once and […]

Is Fluoride Threatening Your Brain Function?

by VRP Staff – http://www.vrp.com/ You might think of fluoridated water as a good thing—after all, this organic compound is added to our drinking supply for a reason, right? Unfortunately, however, the bigger picture isn’t quite so clear: Although water fluoridation has been standard practice in the U.S. since 1945, research suggests that using it on […]

Fluoride’s Toxic Effects on Overall Health

Article from: Vitamin Research Products by Chris D. Meletis, ND In last month’s newsletter, I discussed the effects of the chemical compound fluoride on the brain and cognition. This article furthers that discussion and covers the physiological impact of fluoride, found in most community drinking water, on other body systems. Research has shown that fluoride intake […]

Fluoride Update

By Dr. Mark Breiner The optimal amount of fluoride in drinking water, as recommended by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), has been .7 – 1.2 ppm (parts per million), with a maximum allowed amount of 4 ppm. Because fluorosis (the white and brown spots in enamel caused by fluoride) is becoming more and more […]

Heroic NYC Legislator Introduces Bill to Stop Fluoridation

NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2011 On January 18, 2011, NYC Council Member Peter Vallone, Jr. introduced legislation (Int 0463-2011) “prohibiting the addition of fluoride to the water supply.” Today five additional NYC Council Members co-sponsored the bill (Council Members Cabrera, Crowley, Foster, Williams and Halloran.) Fluoride chemicals are added to NYC’s water in a failed […]

Quick Facts on Fluoride

About Fluoride and Cavities… Even supporters of fluoride are reducing their claims about its cavity fighting abilities. In 1988, the American Dental Association claimed a 40-60% reduction of cavities from the use of fluoride; they now claim 18-25%; and other supporters claim only 12%. In the largest study ever done, records of 39,000 US school […]

National Water Week Marked by Congressional Probe on Fluoridation

Monday, May 15, 2000 WASHINGTON D.C.–(BW HealthWire)–May 15, 2000–In the week set aside by President Bush in 1990 for observance May 7-13, 2000 as National Drinking Water Week, the House of Representatives Committee on Science expanded their field of inquiry on fluoridation of public water systems to include other agencies that play a part in […]